Sieve or strainer.



No. 744,060. PATENTED NGV. 17, 1903.

l J. FRYE.

SIEVE 0R S'IRAINER..l PPLIGATION FILED MAB. 2o, 1190s.

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' Patented November 1v, ieee.

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JAMES FRYE, OF TORONTO, CANADA.

SIEVE OR STRAINER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 744,060, dated November 17, 1903.

Application led March 20, 1903. Serial No. 148,784. (No model.)

To all whom it may con/cern:

Be it known that l, JAMES FRYE, of the city of Toronto, in the county of York, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sieves or Strainers, oi' which the following is a speciication.

Myy invention relates to improvements in sieves or strainers; and the object of the invention is to devise a strainer which may be utilized both as a strainer and funnel and when utilized as a strainer may have the size of the holes varied according to the work it is intended to perform; and it consists, essentially, of a strainer conical in shape and provided with a suitable handle and having an internal supplemental straining-cone iitting therein'and adjustably held in position circumferentially within the main strainer, the bottom of the strainer being open and provided with a suitable screw-cap and the parts being otherwise arranged and constructed in detail as hereinafter more particularly explained.

Figure lis a perspective view of my strainer complete. Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the strainer. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail showing the preferred means for holding the internal straining-cone in position.

In the drawings like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

A is the main conical body of the strainer,

' which is provided with suitable perforations ct, a handle a', and an open-ended spout d2 at the bottom, which is provided with a suitable screw-cap d3. The upper rim A' is provided with enlargements A2, in which are located radially-extending recesses A3, extending from the inner edge outwardly.

Bis the supplemental straining-cone,which is provided with perforations h, corresponding in size and location relatively to the perforations a in the main straining-body A.

The supplemental straining-cone B is -provided with a lug b at each end, and this lug is designed to fit into one or the other of the recesses A3, it being of lcourse understood that when it fits into one end recess all the holes or perforations b register with the holes next adjacent recess the holes d are partiallycovered by the slight turning of the supplemental straining-cone, and when the lug b lits into the third recess all the holes dare covered.

Oi' course there may be as many recesses A3 as may be desired, so as to vary the size of the holes to any extent desired; but as my device is -adapted to be used as a cooking utensil for the most part it is generally sufficient to provide only one variation in the size of the holes.

When the holes a are covered,` as hereintions thereof extend between the perforations of the outer body, so that the latter perforations are closed, an orifice at the bottom of the outer body and a cap for closing said orifice as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a strainer or sieve, the combination with the outer body having perforations, and a rim having recesses formed therein, of the inner body having perforations and a projection designed to tit into one or other ot' the said recesses as and for the purpose specified.

3. In a strainer, the combination with the outer body having perforations and a rim having. recesses formed therein, of the inner body having perforations and a projection designed to lit into one or other of the said recesses, and a screw-cap designed to close the bottom orice of the funnel as and for the purpose specified.

JAMES FRYE.

Witnesses 2 B. BOYD, M. MCLAREN. 

